During the 2017 UIAA General Assembly, a new era was heralded for the UIAA Court. Pierre Humblet, already a Court member, succeeded Bettina Geisseler as Court President and was joined by three new elected delegates in Denis Poncelin, Franz Stämpfli and Marco del Zotto. The UIAA...

Athletes and member federations are informed that registration for January's UIAA Ice Climbing European Cup event in Champagny/L'Argentière-la-Bessée is now open. The event will be held from 11-13 January and follows on from successful competitions in Domzale, Slovenia and Bratislava, Slovakia. Organised for the first...

The UIAA is delighted to confirm that action from the 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour will be livestreamed on the Olympic Channel to a global audience.
Ice climbing made its debut on the Olympic Channel during last February's UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships in Champagny-en-Vanoise,...

The UIAA Safety Label is truly global with equipment accredited on all continents. However, different parts of the world face specific challenges, and in some areas the interest in, and need for, the UIAA Safety Label is on the rise—notably in Asia where the UIAA logo...

To mark 2017's International Mountain Day, the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) offered a very generous gift to the mountaineering community - free access to the 110-year archive of the Canadian Alpine Journal.
The Canadian Alpine Journal has been the flagship publication of the ACC for 110 years....

Conceived as a means to provide athletes with even more opportunities to climb in a competitive environment, the early rounds of the inaugural UIAA Ice Climbing European Tour have proved extremely popular.
On 3 December, Domžale, Slovenia officially opened the UIAA Ice Climbing season with 45...

Monday marks International Mountain Day (IMD), an annual occasion since the United Nations General Assembly designated the 11 December an opportunity to ‘create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build alliances that will bring...

UIAA Mountain Protection Commission President Dr Carolina Adler attended the General Assembly of the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA) in Kathmandu on Friday 1 December 2017 to both join in proceedings and be present at the inauguration of the IFMGA's very own Environmental Commission,...